Hong Kong Americans
| Total population | |
|---|---|
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215,814 (born in Hong Kong) (2012) |
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| Regions with significant populations | |
| California, New York, Washington (Seattle) | |
| Languages | |
| Predominantly English, varieties of Chinese: Yue Chinese (Cantonese, Taishanese), Min Chinese (Eastern,Southern), Hakka, Wu Chinese (Taihu Wu, Oujiang Wu), Mandarin Chinese (Standard Chinese). |
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| Religion | |
| Unaffiliated, Protestantism, Catholicism, Buddhism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
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Hong Kong Canadians, Hong Kong Britons Hong Kong Australians, Hong Kong New Zealanders Chinese Americans, Taiwanese Americans Americans in Hong Kong, Overseas Chinese |
Hong Kong Americans or American Hong Kongers are Americans of Hong Kong ancestry. Hong Kong has since 1997 been a special administrative region of the People's Republic of China; from 1841 to 1997 it was a British crown colony.
Many of the Hong Kong Americans hold both United States citizenship and right of abode in Hong Kong. Other than the US passport, many of them also hold HKSAR Passport and British National (Overseas) passport.
After the passage of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965, an influx of Cantonese-speaking Hong Kong immigrants settled in Chinatown, San Francisco, California, and Chinatown, Manhattan, New York. In Chinatown neighborhoods, many Hong Kong immigrants opened businesses such as Chinese restaurants and supermarkets.
During the 1980s and the 1990s, a large number of high-skilled Hong Kong immigrants settled in the San Francisco Bay Area, where many were employed by high-technology companies in Silicon Valley. Many of the Hong Kong immigrants in the Bay Area resided in suburban communities, such as Burlingame, South San Francisco, San Mateo, Fremont, and in the Richmond District and Sunset District in San Francisco. Many also settled in the New York Metropolitan area.
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